衣冠禽兽 — Chinese idiom
衣冠禽兽
yī guān qín shòu
Traditional: 衣冠禽獸
Meaning
- lit. dressed up animal
- fig. immoral and despicable person
Character by character
- 衣yīcloth; clothes, apparel; dress, coat
- 冠guāncap, crown, headgear
- 禽qínbirds, fowl; to capture; surname
- 兽shòubeast, animal; bestial
Idioms sharing a character
- 天衣无缝 tiān yī wú fèng
- 宵衣旰食 xiāo yī gàn shí
- 牛衣对泣 niú yī duì qì
- 白衣苍狗 bái yī cāng gǒu
- 相体裁衣 xiàng tǐ cái yī
- 节衣缩食 jié yī suō shí
- 缩衣节食 suō yī jié shí
- 腰金衣紫 yāo jīn yī zǐ
- 衣不蔽体 yī bù bì tǐ
- 衣单食薄 yī dān shí bó
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